DR Oke Idawene is chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Delta State. In this interview, he boasts that the SDP remains the only alternative to the electorates in the state. Giving reasons why the party is yet to pick a candidate for the 2015 governorship election in the state, he said “we are taking the right steps to give Delta State the best.” He bares his mind on other burning issues. Excerpts:
By Dapo Akinrefon
Virtually all the respective political parties in Delta State have elected their governorship candidates for next year’s election, why is your party yet to pick a candidate?
Emphatically, we are taking the right steps to give Delta State the best.
Can one say this is due to lack of structure considering that your party is just new?
Not at all! We have established the name SDP fully in Delta state. We are the only alternative right now that is credible in the State. So we shall be giving Deltans The very best they deserve.
Do you think your party has the wherewithal to contest and win elections next year?
We won election in the just concluded LGA elections in Delta State.
Right now we are better positioned, ready to rumble and take Delta State by storm, winning seats beyond peoples imagination and expectation by the Grace of God. We are ready and will win.
What do Deltans stand to benefit from SDP’s entrance in Delta politics?
•Idawene
SDP is the party for the common man where the future is guaranteed, social security, no more hunger and starvation, no more joblessness, in fact, eyes have not seen ,neither ears have heard what SDP will do in Delta State and Nigeria at large.
How would you assess Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s administration as he completes his tenure?
I will access Governor Uduaghan’s administration according to his 3 point agenda, Namely: Peace and Security, Human Capital Deveplopment and Infrastructural Development.
In Peace and Security, I score him an A, we in Delta state can all attest to it. In Human Capital Development where most Deltans don’t understand, I will throw some light. Delta has the largest number of state owned tertiary institutions functioning at optimal level in the country. These will make our great State in few years one of the best in sophisticated manpower in all spheres of life. I score the Governor a capital A for this.
For infrastructural development, I score him a C, urging him to finish strong by completing on-going projects.
In all, his administration has performed 70 per cent we only need to bring a good hand to continue from here.
Some political parties are planning to adopt and support President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid, will your party be toeing the same path?
The SDP is the only credible alternative as we all know.
President Jonathan represents progress and future. When the SDP takes it’s stand, we shall all know, we are still consulting to bring the best for Nigeria.
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